Recovery stages over long-term monitoring of the intertidal vegetation in the 'Abra de Bilbao' area and on the adjacent coast (N. Spain)

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Díez, Isabel ^a   Santolaria, Alberto ^a   Secilla, Antonio ^a   Gorostiaga, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic monitoring; Community parameters; Ecological quality assessment; Long term changes; Macroalgae; Marine bioindicators; Pollution abatement; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DOMINANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; METROPOLITAN AREA; MONITORING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER QUALITY;

BASQUE COUNTRY; BILBAO; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

ALGAE; BACHELOTIA ANTILLARUM; BIFURCARIA BIFURCATA; CAULACANTHUS USTULATUS; CHONDRACANTHUS ACICULARIS; CORALLINA ELONGATA; CYSTOSEIRA TAMARISCIFOLIA; GELIDIUM PUSILLUM; JANIA RUBENS; LAURENCIA; LAURENCIA OBTUSA; LITHOPHYLLUM INCRUSTANS; PTEROSIPHONIA COMPLANATA; STYPOCAULON SCOPARIUM;

EID: 69249088108     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260802158642     Document Type: Article

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